luni, 5 decembrie 2016

After his initial hesitation to take a position in a Donald Trump
administration, Ben Carson has reconsidered and accepted Trump’s offer
to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Read More

Second Russian jet crashes in failed carrier landing near Syria

Russia's
defence ministry said Monday a Sukhoi jet fell into the sea after a
malfunction as it tried to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft
carrier following a bombing raid in Syria. It was the second such crash
involving Russia's lone carrier in a month, since it arrived in the
eastern Mediterranean to bolster Moscow's airpower in Syria. "After
carrying out its military assignment in Syrian airspace, a Su-33 fighter
rolled beyond the deck of the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier during
landing due to breakage of the arresting cable," said a defence
ministry statement quoted by Russian news agencies.

AFP

Besieged ISIS Leaders Organizing Retreat to Desert Fortress

The
twin major assaults on Islamic State in both Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa,
Syria are forcing the terrorist group’s leaders to plan a retreat to
their fortress in the desert region between the two countries, The Daily
Caller reports. ISIS leaders refer to the plan as the retreat into the
desert and have prepared their followers for a time of difficulty. Kyle
Orton, a research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, wrote in a blog
post that "this messaging has also emphasized that the coming travails
will purify the flock, exposing those who are not truly committed to the
cause, and open the way to a glory that is pre-ordained by God." Orton
also emphasized that despite setbacks, ISIS's message of a

Newsmax

Syrian rebels set to lose another Aleppo district: insurgent

BEIRUT
(Reuters) - Another key district of eastern Aleppo has effectively
fallen to advancing Syrian government forces, a rebel official said on
Monday, as the army and allied militia pressed an assault against the
opposition-held enclave. "Karm al-Jabal and al-Shaar are considered
fallen," the official with the Jabha Shamiya group told Reuters,
speaking from Turkey. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
Britain-based war monitor, reported heavy clashes on Monday morning in
al-Shaar. The Syrian army and its allies advanced into al-Shaar,
capturing some positions in the area, it said. ...

Reuters

North Korea: Kim Jong-un's wife reappears in public after long mysterious absence

The
wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reappeared in public after a
nine-month-long absence. Ri Sol-ju emerged in public along with Kim
during an air combat training competition conducted by the Korean
People's Air Force and Defense (KPAF). Pyongyang's state-run mouthpiece
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the event without many
details about the presence of Ri.

Chaos erupts as Iraq delivers aid to Mosul

Stephen Hawking: 'This is the most dangerous time for our planet'

As
a theoretical physicist based in Cambridge, I have lived my life in an
extraordinarily privileged bubble. Cambridge is an unusual town, centred
around one of the world’s great universities. Within that town, the
scientific community that I became part of in my 20s is even more
rarefied. And within that scientific community, the small group of
international theoretical physicists with whom I have spent my working
life might sometimes be tempted to regard themselves as the pinnacle. In
addition to this, with the celebrity that has come with my books, and
the isolation imposed by my illness, I feel as though my ivory tower is
getting taller. So the recent apparent rejection of the elites in both

Business Insider

Muslim NYPD officer to speak out following threats in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Police
are investigating a possible bias incident in which an off-duty New
York City police officer who is Muslim says she and her 16-year-old son
were harassed.